Filing Details

Accession Number:
0000929638-25-000822
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2025-02-19 16:02:07
Reporting Period:
2025-02-14
Filing Date:
2025-02-19
Accepted Time:
2025-02-19 16:02:07
SEC Url:
Form 4 Filing
Issuer
Cik Name Symbol Sector (SIC) IRS No
1774857 Aardvark Therapeutics Inc. AARD () DE
Insiders
Cik Name Reported Address Insider Title Director Officer Large Shareholder Other
1583977 Cormorant Asset Management, Lp 200 Clarendon Street
52Nd Floor
Boston MA 02116
No No No No
1599214 Bihua Chen C/O Cormorant Asset Management, Lp
200 Clarendon Street, 52Nd Floor
Boston MA 02116
No No No No
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock Acquisiton 2025-02-14 800,189 $0.00 800,189 No 4 C Indirect See Footnote
Common Stock Acquisiton 2025-02-14 187,500 $16.00 987,689 No 4 P Indirect See Footnote
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 C Indirect See Footnote
No 4 P Indirect See Footnote
Reported Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Sec. Type Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Amount - 2 Price - 2
Common Stock Series C Convertible Preferred Stock Disposition 2025-02-14 6,780,810 $0.00 800,189 $0.00
Remaning Holdings Exercise Date Expiration Date Equity Swap Involved Transaction Form Type Transaction Code Nature of Ownership
0 No 4 C Indirect
Footnotes
  1. Upon the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering of Common Stock on February 14, 2025, the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock automatically converted into Common Stock at a 1-for-8.474 conversion ratio, after giving effect to a reverse stock split effected by the Issuer on February 5, 2025, for an aggregate of 800,189 shares of Common Stock. The Series C Convertible Preferred Stock had no expiration date.
  2. Cormorant Asset Management, LP ("Cormorant") serves as the investment manager of Cormorant Global Healthcare Master Fund, LP (the "Master Fund") and Cormorant Private Healthcare Fund V, LP ("Fund V"). Cormorant Global Healthcare GP, LLC ("GP LLC") serves as general partner of the Master Fund, and Cormorant Private Healthcare V GP, LLC ("GP V LLC") serves as general partner of Fund V. Bihua Chen serves as the managing member of GP LLC, GP V LLC and the general partner of Cormorant. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported herein except to the extent of its or her pecuniary interest therein, and the filing of this Form 4 shall not be construed as an admission that any of the Reporting Persons is the beneficial owner of any such shares for purposes of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or for any other purpose.
  3. Represents 298,486 and 689,203 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Master Fund and Fund V, respectively.